Multiple emails

[Mick]

I keep getting mutiple copies of the same email. Sometimes 3 or 4, up to 6
identical. Other emails, I just get one.
Any ideas?
Mick

 

[Bruce Hagen]

You /are/ running Windows Mail on Vista and not Outlook Express, correct?
Is this a pop3 account?

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer of protection that eats up CPUs, slows down sending and receiving,
and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting
changes and has even been responsible for loss of messages. Your
up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For
more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

Note that for some AV programs, it may be necessary to uninstall the
program and reinstall in Custom Mode and uncheck e-mail scanning when the
option arises.

 

[Sam Hobbs]

Your email provider probably has a web access to your messages. If they
don't, then there are other web sites that provide the service for free. You
can check online to determine if there are multiple copies in your email
provider's server. If the multiple copies are there, then you know there is
nothing wrong with your system.

 

[Steve Cochran]

In addition to Bruce's suggestion, try compacting and repairing the database
with my Windows Mail Utility (www.oehelp.com/WMUTil/)

steve